As VP of Digital Media at GV, Katie Bofshever crafts innovative and creative solutions for the digital space, specializing in minority consumers.

KATIE BOFSHEVER

Design Partner, GV

As VP of Digital Media at GV, Katie Bofshever crafts innovative and creative solutions for the digital space, specializing in minority consumers.

Sit, Siri! A Breakfast on Taming Technology to Serve Humans

Join us for a breakfast on January 21st featuring Amber Case, research fellow at the Institute for the Future and author of Calm Technology, in conversation with Team Human author and host Douglas Rushkoff, about how we can optimize technology for human beings instead of the other way around. Everything from a technology's user interface and energy consumption to its privacy settings and business plan can be developed with an eye toward creating tools that do what their users say.

Join us for a breakfast on January 21st featuring Amber Case, research fellow at the Institute for the Future and author of Calm Technology, in conversation with Team Human author and host Douglas Rushkoff, about how we can optimize technology for human beings instead of the other way around. Everything from a technology's user interface and energy consumption to its privacy settings and business plan can be developed with an eye toward creating tools that do what their users say.

Join us for a breakfast on January 21st featuring Amber Case, research fellow at the Institute for the Future and author of Calm Technology, in conversation with Team Human author and host Douglas Rushkoff, about how we can optimize technology for human beings instead of the other way around. Everything from a technology's user interface and energy consumption to its privacy settings and business plan can be developed with an eye toward creating tools that do what their users say.

Speakers

Amber Case

Amber Case is an internationally recognized design advocate and speaker. She is the author of Calm Technology and Designing With Sound, and a research fellow at the Institute for the Future. She spent two years as a fellow at MIT's Center for Civic Media and Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.

Named one of Inc. Magazine’s 30 under 30 and Fast Company’s Most Influential Women in Technology, Case gives keynote talks at conferences around the globe. She's run workshops at companies including Microsoft, Airbnb, Samsung, Virgin Global, and Bloomberg. She was the co-founder and CEO of Geoloqi, a location-based software company acquired by Esri﻿.

Douglas Rushkoff

Douglas Rushkoff is the host of the Team Human podcast and author of Team Human as well as a dozen other bestselling books on media, technology, and culture, including, Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity, Present Shock, Program or Be Programmed, Media Virus, and the novel Ecstasy Club.

He is Professor of Media Theory and Digital Economics at CUNY/Queens. He wrote the graphic novels Aleister & Adolf, Testament, and A.D.D., and made the television documentaries Generation Like, Merchants of Cool, The Persuaders, and Digital Nation. He lives in New York, and lectures about media, society, and economics around the world.

Hosted by

JAMES COOPER

betaworks

Faizaam Ghauri founded The Minimal NYC in late 2012 at the height of the mobile advertising boom. In just 3 years, the agency has emerged as the premier provider of unique mobile ad solutions and has won more creative awards than any agency in North America.

Betaworks Studios is a membership club for individuals looking to make a dent in the universe.

Supported by innovative technology, this space is designed for connectivity within a curated community. Studios is your space to meet, scheme, get advice, collaborate, do a little bit of work, attend events, and host events.